Summer vacations are a time when kids can just be kids, reminds C. J. Ellis of KidsReadUs.com. But what are we REALLY doing for summer fun as adults?!
Ellis quips: Gee, it was hard enough to remember what I even did today!
And that sentiment is aptly captured by elementary educator Cindy Middendorf, author of Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten.
Although Ellis finds Middendorf's classroom instruction book a bit too rigid, Middendorf has filled her blog with imagination, play, and enthusiasm. And so it is with great pleasure that Ellis shares this educator’s fitting blog poem:
What Did You Do Today?Keeping these words of delight in mind, here is what Ellis says about her own day:
When children come home
At the end of the day,
There’s a question they’re asked
As they scurry to play.
“Tell me, what did you do in school today?”
“Nothing, I did nothing today!”
Perhaps nothing means that I played with blocks.
Tied my own shoes, or found beautiful rocks.
Maybe our monarchs hatched today.
Or maybe I found a new friend to play.
Maybe today was the very first time
My scissors followed a very straight line.
I learned a new song, and sang all the words,
Or I touched a feather from the strangest of birds.
When you’re five or six and your heart has wings,
“Nothing” can mean some wonderful things!
What Did I Do Today?
When it’s all said and done
Work days can be boring or fun.
Trying to create just the right words,
You must admit is for the birds.
But then you can exclaim with lots of glee,
I really did nothing, today, can’t you see?
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